Improvement in supporters for stockings



, G. B. BOLTON,

l Supporter for Stocking.

f .19 8,1s3i Patented Dec.1s,1877

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILMAN B. BOLTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUPPORTERS FOR STOCKINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,183, dated December18, 1877 application filed February 20, 1877.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GELMAN B. BOLTON, of Boston, in the county ofSui'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Supporters for Stockings, Sto., of which the following isa specification:

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar shape andcombination of wires which, together, form the supporter. Y

The locking part of said supporter consists of a toggle device, onelever of which extends beyond its fulcrum and forms the attachingdevice, and also serves as a handle for locking and unlocking.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of my supporter; Fig. 2, aside elevation of the same closed or locked, and Fig. 3 a side elevationof the same open.

My supporter consists of three pieces of Wire, bent as shown, all of theangles being rounded oli', so that the supporter presents no corners tocatch in the clothing. The rst or base piece is bent as shown at A A1A2, having rounded corners at a a al a2 The lever toggle-pin C4 G2 c c C0 1 is bent as shown, and held to the base-piece A A2 by-the coils c c,

which surround the bent ends a a2 of the basepiece. The locking-toggle BB is united to the lever-toggle G G1, &c., by the coils b b.

In Fig. 2, I show the toggle-action. Thus the parts 0 and B form atoggle, the resultant action of which will cause the lever end of B tofirmly press upon and hold any article placed in the hook A'.

If the toggle-lever C C', 8vo., is thrown back, as shown in -Fig. 3,then the locking-toggle B is drawn away and the article is released.

The end C2 G4 of the toggle-lever may terminate in a hook, as shown inthe drawings,

or in a loop or button, if desirable.

Having now described the construction and operation of my invention,what I desire to secure by Letters Pate'nt is the following:

The combination of the hooked basepiece A A1 with the toggle B andtoggle-lever and hook G O1 C2 O4, all operating together substantiallyas described.

GILMAN B. BOLTON.

Witnesses N. EVANS, i WILLIAM EDsoN.

